Metal wheel.



A. M. LOFLAND.

METAL WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1914.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916 WITNESES; 4

ALFRED M. LOFLAND, F LEBANON, Ilil'DIAN.A..

METAL 'WHEEL.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED M. LOFLAND,- a citizen of the United States, residing at Lebanon, 111 thecounty of Boone and Eatate of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Wheels, of

"which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to construction of sheet metal wheels for vehicles such. as motor trucks, and the like, which are designed for carrying heavy loads, and the object is to form the wheel out of two diskmembers which are oppositely dished from the hub .tothe felly', and integral portions of which are formed into a strong and rigid hollow folly of correct dimensions to reive any of the standard demountable solid or pneumatic tires.

One of the principal. objects isso to form. the hollow folly that it will withstand the pressure applied to it by the bolts which are passed through it in attaching the the holding rings and clamping the rings against the locking wedges and tire.

T accomplish the above, and other objects which will hereinafter appear, by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in 'which- Figure 1 is an outer side elevation of a. wheel made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragment showin; theupper end of the section illustrated in Fig. 2 but on amuch larger scale, and Fig. 4. is a section similar to Fig. 3 of a modified construction.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the sevcral'views oi the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the hub 5 is of cast metal in the usual form having an outside annular flange 6 of ample dimensi "s and preferably cored out hollow to reduce the Weight. The remainder of the wheel, comprisingthe felly and its connection with the hub is formed out of two sheet-metal disks which are centrally perforated to fit over the respective hub-ends against op-' posite sides of the flange 6 to Which flange they are secured by rivets 7. I Immediately beyond the limits of the flange 6 the two disks are dished inwardly, and toward each other at 8, and meet at 9 in the middle plane of the Wheel Where they are permanently united by rivets 10.. Annular areas 9 of contacting members which are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Fee. 19, 1916.

Application filed September 12, 1914. Serial No. 861,346.

parallel with the plane of the wheel. are of suilicient extent to form a. substantial bean ing' and beyond these areas the disks are bent outwardly and oppositely from each other to form the oblique portions 11. which constitute the inner boundaries of'the felly.

The sides 12 of the folly areformed by bending the obliqueportions 11 radially and outwardly of the wheel in planes parallel with each other and separated a distance equal to the desired transverse Width of the telly. The outer periphery 13 of the telly is formed by bending the two disks inwardly at right angles to the sides 12 and by welding together the contacting edges of the flanges thus produced.

I have shown a solid tread tire 14 of usual construction which is located between. a pair of side rings 15, placed upon opposite sides of the telly and secured thereto by bolts 1.6 which pass through both dc rings and through the folly adjacent to the peripheral member 13, Locking wedges 17 are insorted between the tire and periphery 13 of the telly and are contacted by the side rings 15 and are forced inwardly by the latter by tightening the nuts on the bolts 16. This tightening operation requires the telly to be rigid and unyielding which construction I secure by welding togetherthe abutting edges of the flanges forming the wheel periphery 13, thereby uniting the two disks practically into one in the finished product.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the flanges forming; the periphery 13 are provided with abutting" iuturned edges 18 which are longenough to contact the ring holding bolts 16. This construction prevents the buckling of the flanges forming the periphery 13 and secures the requisite tellystreng'th and rigiditvwithout welrfliug.

While I have described my invention with more or less minuteuess as regards details of construction and arrangement and as being" embodied in certain precise forms. I.

" forming the annular outer pe said felly periphery and dle of'the wheel, means for fastening the of a felly,-and fromjsaid inner member outwardly and parallel with each other forming the sides of the telly and from said sides inwardly at right angles to the latter felly, and bolts passing transversely through the telly close to the rim.

2. The combination, in a of sheet-metal disks wheel of a pair wardly oblique directions forming the inner member of a telly, and from said inner member outwardly and'parallel with each other forming the sides of the folly and from said sides inwardly at right angles to the latter forming theannular outer periphery of the telly, a tire surrounding said folly, and means for telly comprising bolts passing through the telly, the adjacent edges'of the two disks in being inturned and continued into contact with said bolts to prevent the buckling and distortion of said periphery.

3. The combination, in a wheel of a pair an annular conof sheet-metal disks having tacting portion near the periphery of the wheel, said disks continuing thence in outr'iphery of the having an annular contacting portion near the periphery of the. wheel, said disks continuing thence in outfrom said sides inwardly securing the tire to the wardly oblique directions forming the inner member of a felly,- and from, said inner member outwardly and parallel with each other forming the sides of the telly and from said sides inwardly at right angles to the latter into contact with each other thereby completing the telly-closure, a tire surroundmg sa d telly, and means for securing the tire to the telly comprising bolts passing through the telly.

4. The comb nation, in a wheel of a. pair of sheetmetal disks having an annular contacting portion near the per1phery of the wheel, said disks-continuing thence in outwardly oblique directions forming the inner member of a'felly, and from said inner member outwardly and parallelv with each other forming the sides ofthe felly and at, right angles the annular outer pe means to prevent the to the latter form ng riphery of the telly,

. buckling and distortion of said periphery,

and. means a tire surrounding said telly, for securing the tire to the fell y comprising bolts vpassing through the telly.

In witness'whereofi I, havehercunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana,

this 27th day of August, A. I). one thousand nine hundredand fourteen. i

ALFRED M. LOFLAND. [Ll s] Nitnesses p J. A. Coons,-

JOHN Henna. 

